What is MyCalendarPlanner

MyCalendarPlanner is an potentially unwanted software from the big family of browser hijackers that affects browsers and changes its settings. It is currently very active spreading on World Wide Web. Many users have problems with cleaning a computer from MyCalendarPlanner hijacker and restoring the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera settings.

MyCalendarPlanner homepage

The MyCalendarPlanner can set yourself as your search engine. But, obviously, it does not give you a good search results, as they will consist of a large number of advertising links and only the remaining part – it’s search results for your query from the major search engines. Moreover, the MyCalendarPlanner browser hijacker may collect information about you, and in the future to transfer it to third parties. What creates the risk of theft of your personal data.

How to MyCalendarPlanner infection get installed onto computer

MyCalendarPlanner hijacker spreads along with various free programs, as a ‘bonus’, which is installed automatically. This is certainly not an honest way to get the user’s computer. To avoid infecting of your computer and side effects in the form of changing your browser settings to MyCalendarPlanner , you should always carefully read the “Terms of Use” and the “Software license”. Additionally, always select Advanced, Manual or Custom installation mode. This allows you to disable the installation of unnecessary and often harmful programs.

Even removing the free software that contains this browser hijacker, your browser’s settings will not be restored. Therefore, you must follow the steps below to restore your homepage and search engine.

How to manually remove MyCalendarPlanner

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove MyCalendarPlanner browser hijacker from Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.

Uninstall MyCalendarPlanner associated software by using Windows Control Panel

Press Windows key , then click Search . Type Control panel and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click Start and select Control Panel. It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown below.

Click Uninstall a program

It will open a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts

When breaking into a computer, the browser hijacker may also change a desktop shortcut for Chrome, Firefox and IE. Due to this, every time you start the browser, it will open this annoying web-site.

To clear a browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text that has been added here. You need to remove it.

When the text is removed, press the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your browsers, as they may be infected too.

Remove MyCalendarPlanner from Chrome

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click on the Reset settings button.

Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.

Remove MyCalendarPlanner from Firefox

Open Mozilla Firefox menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the Help button ().

In the Help menu click on the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on Refresh Firefox button.

Confirm your action. Click on the Refresh Firefox.

Remove MyCalendarPlanner from Internet Explorer

Open the Internet Explorer tools menu by clicking on the button in the form of gear (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the Internet Options.

In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings window. Select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.

You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

How to remove MyCalendarPlanner with Antimalware

Remove MyCalendarPlanner manually is difficult and often infection is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti-malware Free that are completely clean your computer. Moreover, the free software will help you to remove adware and toolbars that your computer may be infected too.

Close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup.

Click Next and follow the prompts.

Once installation is complete, click on the “Scan Now” button to start scanning your computer for MyCalendarPlanner infection. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.

When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Remove Selected”. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.

How to block MyCalendarPlanner

To increase your security and protect your computer against new annoying ads and malicious web sites, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous ads and web-pages. Moreover, the software can block the display of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of websites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the Setup Wizard program window. Follow the prompts.

After installation is complete, click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-up ads, sites such MyCalendarPlanner , as well as other malicious or misleading web page. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

If the problem with MyCalendarPlanner is still remained

if MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot remove this browser hijacker, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for browser hijackers, adware, PUPs, toolbars. Also you can ask for help our Myantispyware team below.

Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the New Topic button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.

Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem.